Education
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Department of Education cracks down on Oregon, Virginia over Title IX
The investigations come after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February intended to "protect opportunities for women and girls to compete in safe and fair sports."
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Education Department disburses $5 billion to schools after month-long pause
The Trump administration announced the pause earlier this month while it reviewed what the money would be going toward, but released $1 billion of the nearly $7 billion last week.
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Report: Some medical schools still racially discriminate in admissions
“The data we collected strongly suggests that medical schools continue to engage in racially discriminatory admissions, even after the Supreme Court ruled against that practice in 2023,” Do No Harm director of research and co-author of the report Ian Kingsbury told The Center Square.ollected strongly suggests that medical schools
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Records show DEI standards used to pressure law schools to adopt racist practices: report
FOIA requests show top public universities were dinged by American Bar Association accreditor for not engaging in unlawful discrimination, conservative watchdog says, calling for legislation. ABA monopoly at risk.
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Univ of Southern California faces layoffs amid $200M deficit, cites 'shifts in federal support'
SC has had research grants worth a total of $17.5 million terminated after the federal government began pulling already-awarded money from U.S. colleges and universities.
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Supreme Court allows Trump to fire hundreds of employees at the Department of Education
The court ruled that Trump is allowed to fire hundreds of workers after a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled that the nearly 1,400 workers had to be reinstated
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Harvard might establish new conservative center as Trump admin turns up heat on the school: Report
The idea has been floated in the past but it's now under more serious consideration given that the Trump administration is removing federal funding from the school over how it handled the anti-Israel protests that began in 2023.
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Fears over ICE lead university to give option for online classes
Faculty members were told in a letter from Heather Lattimer, the university’s provost and vice president from academic affairs, that they had “the option of working remotely for a limited time due to extraordinary circumstances they are facing,” the Los Angeles Times reported.
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Education Department launches probe into George Mason University over DEI policies
Teachers at GMU have accused the school of discrimination in favor of minorities when it comes to hiring opportunities and promotions.
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Education Department, HHS notify Harvard's accreditor of Title VI violation
HHS said that Harvard "is in violation of federal antidiscrimination laws and therefore may fail to meet the standards for accreditation set by the Commission."
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Michigan school district, DOJ reach agreement to end seclusion, restraints for disability students
Michigan school district reaches agreement with the Justice Department to end seclusion and restraint practices after an investigation revealed improper use of these tactics.
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California rejects Education Department's Title IX violation offer regarding transgender athletes
McMahon slammed the state for its rejection, including California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom who previously stated that it was "unfair" to let transgender athletes compete on girls’ teams.
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Teachers union boss takes down X post after grammatical error, new one reads '4rth of July'
The original post spelled peaking as "peeking." It was corrected in the new post but many users criticized Weingarten for the way she spelled July fourth or July 4th.